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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Often situated in coworking spaces , remote offices can typically be opened and operated without the need for heavy investments in infrastructure, staffing, utilities, and maintenance. Would a traditional office setup with cubicles work best, or would an open, flexible space be more conducive to collaboration and productivity?

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FEBRUARY 25, 2019

So, it would probably be *possible* for me to use a closed office for every pre-scheduled call, preventing any of my nearby colleagues from having to hear my side of the call, but I really don’t want to spend a third (or more) of my day in the small, dark anonymous swing-space cubicles, without my nice desk setup, personal items, etc.

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AUGUST 22, 2016

I work along with four coworkers in a windowless room with cubicles, where we are subjected to the brunt of the construction work. Two of them work part-time, so they are rarely around anyway, and my other full-time coworker states that the construction (somehow!!) doesn’t bother him.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

I worked in a hospital where the nurses and maintenance engineers were union, but nobody else was. I was 18 at the time with no professional role models. I would handle that by discussing it with my manager. The unionization help. The locked drawer.

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Success

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. They say no to cubicle lunches, four-minute book summaries, “multitasking” (whatever the heck that means) and monochrome, microwave dinners. Brown also teaches us to ignore criticism, pointing out that most naysayers don’t have the courage to step into “the arena” themselves. “If

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JULY 19, 2022

In an interview, I was attempting to express this sentiment: “I know what everyone wants is a rock star, but flashy solo work isn’t for me—what a rock star needs to perform well is a dedicated crew doing set-up, tear down, and all kinds of maintenance behind the scenes. The shortest path was “Do you have a problem?”/”No,

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Office manager called in maintenance but they were estimating that it wouldn’t be online until late afternoon/next business day. And along the cubicle corridor she would sail, distributing a mug of coffee and a milk jug to the three people who happened to be in her good books that particular day.

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JANUARY 2, 2017

That’s when the maintenance tech opened my door and said it was a drill. I work in an office with a cubicle set-up for most employees (including me.) There was an intercom announcement with someone yelling our workplace violence code and no other information. I immediately closed my office door and picked up my phone.

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Success

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

These succulent arrangements from Olive and Cocoa are low-maintenance and help add a sense of calm to any workday. Consider yourself warned—you won’t even notice your coworkers interrupting your workflow, even as they stand right by your cubicle.

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